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catbirdog

mud garnets

Nov 12 2009, 3:23 PM EST by catbirdog

NanseeDawson

first time to go gem mining

Nov 5 2009, 10:59 PM EST by pvjjh

Thread started: Sep 3 2009, 12:51 PM EDT Watch

i've got my cabin reserved and will be travelin' to north carolina this month. i'm gettin' older so this will probably be my only chance to find my own treasures.any special tricks or look-out-for info would be greatly appreciated....

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By: pvjjh, Nov 5 2009, 10:59 PM EST

"well, we are back from franklin,nc and let me tell you guys how we did. we got to franklin on friday in the afternoon,so we went to check in at the oak hill bed and breakfast on old murphy road. connie was our hostess and a great lady. after checking in, we decided to go eat and rest for the next day. when saturday came i got up , only to meet the rain at the window.oh well, we are still going gem hunting, i told myself. so after nancy gets up and we have had our shower and breakfast, we decided to head out into the rain and adventure. first we went to a couple mines in cowee area and found that the rain had made the muddy gravel roads slipper, so we turned around and decided to go over to cherrokee city and shop some. we got on 441N and was going up the mountain and the fog was getting thicker and thicker. when we were almost at the top we could hardly see in front of us,when we did see a gem mine on the side of the road right on the highway. so to turn a negative into a possitive, we decided to giive it a try. the name of this place is called GOLD CITY GEM MINE and we are sure glad we stopped. here we found friends , a emerald that we are having cut into a 3 ct. bueaty, 250 ct. ruby that when we decide to have it cut , it may star. we found about 200 more cts of rubies, 300 cts of garnets, 150 cts of sapphires. so yes, we are glad we stoped. this place has native buckets and enriched, but we only did the native buckets. they have a mine about 300 yards behind the store. we are at home now and await our stone we are having cut, but are counting the days before we go back.i hope this helps, don and nancy................
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Sounds like a great trip even though the weather played havoc with you. Sounds like you got some great finds. Please post some pictures of them when you get them back or if you have any in the rough too. Nice report! :-)

Man I am jealous and drooling some too! lol

Paul

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rockhoundflorida

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intergrown garnets from Roxbury garnet mine roxbury,Ct.

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May 29 2009, 4:37 PM EDT by Petronut

Thread started: Apr 11 2009, 11:39 AM EDT Watch

1- DIAMONDS in Colorado & Wyoming. Start out by visiting the Great Diamond Hoax site at Diamond Peak in northwestern Colorado. In 1871, two prospectors salted a sandstone outcrop with several pounds of diamonds, rubies & sapphires & swindled Civil war generals, two presidential candidates, a congressman and other investors. More than 100 years later, I found the site with another geologist & panned out 4 diamonds, 17 rubies and 23 garnets left by the scam artists (find the approximate location by searching for ‘Diamond Field Draw, CO on Google Earth) (see: http://GemHunter.webs.com).

Next, select (CEDAR MOUNTAIN ,Wyoming on Google Earth). Butcherknife Draw is located to the northeast of Cedar Mountain and has dozens of anthills with fabulous Cape Ruby (garnet) & Cape Emerald (diopside) & diamond (http://gemstonehunter.blogspot.com/2008/12/cape-rubies-cape-emeralds-garnets.html).
Some of these gems are similar to those used to salt the Great Diamond Hoax area.

Finally, select VIRGINA-DALE, CO in Google Earth). This will take you right to the middle of the largest diamondiferous kimberlite district in the US and potentially one of the largest in the world. In 1960, kimberlite was accidentally discovered here, but it was not until 1975 that it was accidentally discovered by the USGS. During sample preparation, a carborundum grinding wheel was carved by tiny diamonds from a rock collected from one of the State Line kimberlites. Since then, more than 130,000 diamonds were recovered from microdiamonds to a 28.3 carat gemstone. The district has fabulous specimens of kimberlite along with gem-quality pyrope garnet (Cape Ruby) and gem-quality chromian diopside (Cape Emerald). In the last couple of years, I found another 200+ kimberlites in this region. Many appear like impact features. (see: http://discussionsondiamonds.blogspot.com).

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WizardOfTheStone

Treasure Can Come In Many Differant Forms

May 28 2009, 3:28 PM EDT by WizardOfTheStone

Thread started: May 25 2009, 7:17 PM EDT Watch

Upon my arrival here a few months ago. I noticed a theme here.. and It didn't seem to include other forms of treasures.. We all value different types of treasures and most are radially available to us. Take for instance Saturday morning.. I met this couple throwing away some trash. I also noticed some things simply sticking out the bags.. and asked If I could take a look.. They agreed and went off, leaving me the 6 bags of what they called "trash".
I noticed some old toys. stuffed animals and other odds and ends.. But one thing struck my eye.. In a clear package was four coins about the size of a half dollar but bigger and made of bronze.. First I thought "Olympic Medals". Turns out they are called "Challenge Coins" give to a solder that must had been in their family. Taking the coins inside I did some research.. The coins can be valued at or between $7.00 - $15.00 each depending on the subject matter.
I couldn't let this pass.. I had to tell the family who threw out the trash.. I caught up with them the next day.. and handed the coins back to them.. "Did you know these where in the trash?" I asked.. They had no idea and simply said it was all trash to them.. after I told them of the coins value.. they started taking a second look at what they were throwing away.
I asked them if they had more items they needed to simply throw away, let me know.. and I'll check over the items and even separate them into piles according to their values if any. With in moments they had set out 4 large boxes.. most contained toys and dolls.. Some of the doll where still in their original boxes and never been opened. after about 30 ins I had the lot separated and organized and asked that they return for the results. One area I knew they could get money right away was some old sports equipment. Gloves, softballs, even some new climbing equipment.. all have value and they were just going to throw this stuff away..

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Petronut

Trenched pipe at Cedar Mountain

May 27 2009, 2:06 AM EDT by Petronut

DiamondProspector

CEDAR MOUNTAIN DIAMONDIFEROUS PIPES, WYOMING

May 25 2009, 12:29 PM EDT by DiamondProspector

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